Flower ; Sweet Pea

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   Ivy throws on a pair of ripped jeans that she brought & one of Sweet pea's old shirts & her white tie up vans & they head to FP's trailer. When they get there Ivy hesitated to get off the bike. She was afraid of what she was about to uncover.

   Sweet Pea grabs her hand & intertwines their fingers giving it a light squeeze letting her know that everything was gonna be okay. Jughead answers & looks confused. "Is your dad home?" Sweets asks. "Yeah let me go get him." Jug says & FP comes to the door. "Hey Sweet Pea. Come on in guys." They follow him in the trailer. They all sit on the couch & Ivy is the first to speak. "I have some questions about my mom, Violet Waters." She says picking at her nails.

   "Woah, I haven't talked about Vi in years. Well your mom was a legend. She was my best friend & girlfriend at some points. God, when she found out she was pregnant with you, she was so happy to be having a serpent baby. She wanted you to be a part of this & your dad, who wasn't a serpent, still wanted you to be a part of this because it made your mom so happy." FP finishes.

Ivy gives him a confused look. "What do you mean, my dad wanted me to? He took me away from this when mom died because he didn't want this kind of life for me." "Well that wasn't the intention. In the ER after her car accident, your mom told me to make sure that you were taken care of & that you stayed on the Southside. Your dad had other ideas. He wanted to get out of the Southside as fast as he could. He went against your mothers wishes because he had a problem with me." Ivy all of the sudden feels a rage as he said those words.

She shook off those feelings for a second to get serious. "Look, the one thing my dad told me was that the serpents aren't reliable but Sweet Pea helped me see otherwise. Now I need some help & I wanna move out of the Northside but I have nowhere to go. I'm not saying this because I want you to give up space in your trailers but I just need somewhere to go." "You can move in with me." Sweet Pea says grabbing her hand. "Really? Dahlia & Rose have to come." She replies. He nods smiling.

"My dad is supposed to be home next weekend. He finally answered my call. I'm gonna tell him I'm moving out then." Ivy says smiling at Sweet Pea. "FP thank you for everything. It means a lot." Ivy said giving him a small smile. "Of course kiddo. I'm always gonna be here if you need me. I know your dad isn't around a lot so if you need anything I'll be here!" He says as the couple walks out the door.

   They get on Sweet Pea's bike & head back to his trailer. When they arrive, they go in & get some food & sit in front of the tv. The two cuddled & watch That 70s Show. After they finished the last episode of season two Ivy sat up & gathered some of her things. "No no don't leave me please." He says holding onto her waist. "Then come with me." She says cleaning up their mess. "Alright let me get some stuff together." He says getting up.

   They hop on his bike & head to Ivy's house. When they get there they go inside & Sweets puts his things in her room. Ivy feeds the dogs & lets them out. When they're done, she takes them upstairs & they get into bed. Sweet Pea comes out of the bathroom after his shower & sees his girls all asleep in the giant bed. He gets into bed & pulls Ivy close & kisses her forehead before drifting asleep.

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   Sweet Pea woke up to some yelling & the dogs in place of Ivy. He walks down the stairs to Ivy yelling at an older man who Sweet Pea assumes to be her dad. "Ivy?" He says. "Sweet Pea goes back upstairs & get all my stuff together. We are leaving." She says & he goes upstairs putting her things in a huge duffel bag.

   "You are never here! Why should I be forced to live alone just because you don't wanna give up your job! There are other good jobs for you to get that can support us both! But you won't & I'm sick of it, so I'm leaving." Ivy yells at her father turning around. He grabs her arm & turns her back around. "You're a spoiled brat! You're just a child & you don't know anything. The Southside isn't all it's cracked up to be!" He yells back. "It obviously wasn't that bad if she wanted to raise her child there. & since when did you start caring about image? You brought me here, to the Northside, & I was forced to live a life I didn't want. I hate being girly, I hate cheer, & I hate acting like my life is perfect. My life is far from it! I have always felt more intrigued to the Southside but everyone in my life told me it was wrong. I'm leaving & there is nothing you can do to make me think differently." She yells & turning around a final time.

   Just then she feels a firm grasp on her arm & knew what was going to happen next. Her father turns her around once more & lands a firm left punch to her right eye. She knew the pain all to well. Her dad had started beating her at the age of twelve. Whenever he was home, Ivy usually got beat for one reason or another. She let out a groan before falling to the ground. Sweet Pea heard a thud & rushed downstairs. He saw his girl laying on the floor & came to her side. There was no sign of her dad which is his famous move. He would hit her until she was unconscious & then leave the house.

Sweet Pea made a call to FP & told him to come get them because all of their stuff wouldn't fit on his bike. When FP arrived, the dogs got in the truck & Sweet Pea carried Ivy carefully to the truck & put her in. FP headed to the hospital with Sweet Pea following on his motorcycle.